(1)For the purpose of promoting efficiency in agriculture or of facilitating the production of food the Ministry may, with the approval of the Ministry of Finance, make goods and services (including advisory services) available to persons farming agricultural land or marketing or distributing agricultural produce and may with the like approval make advisory services available to other persons:
Provided that in making goods available under this section the Ministry shall as far as practicable use such normal trade facilities as appear to it to be appropriate.
Para. (2) rep. by 1974 c. 39
(3)The Ministry may make such reasonable charges, if any, as it thinks fit in respect of goods or services made available by it under this section.
(4)The Ministry may acquire by agreement any land necessary for the purposes of this section.